cerrojazo

Spanish

Etymology

From cerrojo +‎ -azo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θeroˈxaθo/ [θe.roˈxa.θo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /seroˈxaso/ [se.roˈxa.so]
• Rhymes: -aθo
• Rhymes: -aso
• Syllabification: ce‧rro‧ja‧zo

Noun

cerrojazo m (plural cerrojazos)

1. abrupt bolting of a door

Further reading

• “cerrojazo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28